Beneath the Surface

When a change in collective conscious sends the Outsiders, a group of aliens, to the shadows below the city, humans reason that the demonization of their peers is simply more "humane." There's no question, nor doubt. Just acceptance.

Lydia had embraced that sense of "truth" for as long as she can remember. The daughter of a powerful governor, she has been able to live her life with more comforts than most. Comforts can be suffocating, though, and when the opportunity to teach Outsider childr...